The Biden administration is considering reinstating a Trump-era rule and removing gray wolves from the endangered species list.

The Trump-era rule that lifted endangered species protections on gray wolves in the U.S. is being reinstated by the Biden administration.

Gray wolf populations are now under the management of state and tribal wildlife professionals after wolves were delisted from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) under President Trump in 2020, according to a press release from the Department of Interior.

In 2022, a federal judge overturned Trump's decision to delist the species, reinstating its protection due to a lawsuit filed by environmental groups against the Department of the Interior.

The Biden administration has filed a new proposal to reinstate the Trump-era ruling that gray wolves are not protected under the ESA in Minnesota and the remaining states, except for those in the Northern Rocky Mountain region, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.

On Friday, the Justice Department's attorneys filed a motion with the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals to reverse the court's decision on the Trump-era delisting of gray wolves and remove ESA protections.

The Trump-era ruling on the species was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco, according to a filing that challenged the court's decision.

"The district court misinterpreted the ESA's clear directive and further complicated the issue by imposing its own beliefs about science. As a result, its ruling invalidating the rule should be overturned."

The Biden administration has declared in a 87-page document that gray wolves no longer require protection under the Endangered Species Act as they are no longer classified as "endangered" or "threatened."

The 2020 ruling from Trump's Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service was referenced in court documents regarding the delisting of the wolf species.

The Service determined that no significant portion of gray wolves in their range was threatened or endangered following a thorough analysis. The analysis was well-supported and well-reasoned, as evidenced by the administrative record.

A group of 20 House Republicans recently wrote to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams, requesting the removal of protections for the gray wolf, due to conflicts with ranchers and farmers that can be dangerous to their lives.

In February, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rejected petitions from conservation organizations to reinstate gray wolf protection throughout the Northern Rocky Mountains.

In April, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers passed legislation to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list and end federal protection for them.